To Kill A Mockingbird shows how the lack of education in society during the Great Depression affected Southerners lives, not allowing them to change their futures for the better.Many students did not have the right clothing, supplies, and textbooks because parents could not afford the costs. Scout’s teacher, Miss Caroline, asked one of her students where his lunch was. He then explained that he did not have a lunch because his parents could not afford it. Many children were not able to stay in school because there was not enough money to keep the schools open.children of poor families dropped out of school because they felt obligated to help support their family financially. In To Kill A Mockingbird Scout describes the Ewell family, who only attends school the first day of every year because their family is poor.Teachers' salaries were another big issue that was affected by the Depression.It was very difficult to find qualified male teachers during this time because there were other jobs that were better and paid more.it made finding qualified teachers more difficult because over three-fourths of the United States’ school districts would not hire married women; they would only hire married males,To Kill A Mockingbird proved that southerners who did not receive a full education suffered greatly during the Great Depression. If it were not for all of the major changes that occurred in the educational system during this time, society would have been able to prosper, thus peoples’ lives would have been able to change. Whether it was the lack of teachers, lack of funding, or just because children were not able go to school, education proved to be a major issue during the Great Depression that changed peoples’ lives severely.in To Kill A Mockingbird, Scout’s teacher, Miss Caroline, was an unmarried woman who was hired to teach the first grade. Unfortunately, Miss Caroline did not succeed in her duties as a teacher. She proved to be underqualified for the job and unable to teach the students.